Yesterday it was announced that H&M has started putting fake metal bands on their clothing to pander to alt folks who don’t know anything about the scene they’re half-assedly trying to emulate. Strong Scene Productions, sensing an opportunity to...

Picture credit: deviantArt. Folk metalheads are my people. I love them, am endlessly aggravated by them, and enjoy making fun of them. They’re like the brothers and sisters I never had, so I’m going to channel Jeff Foxworthy a little and rag on them like...

It’s probably no shock to you that I’m not a huge fan of the band name Black Pussy. I’ve never listened to the band so I don’t know if they’re good or not, and frankly I don’t care. Once upon a time, I wrote this really neat article...

While Hear Evil was out for repairs, Metal Insider posted some exciting news for metalheads and non-metalheads alike — a new episode of Metalocalypse was apparently in the works, according to the official Adult Swim website, and a trailer was posted along with...

Songkick and Bandsintown do not give a shit that you’re on hiatus — they will still clog up your inbox with show alerts. As such, I ended up going to a few shows even though I was trying to cut back. It worked out pretty great, because it turns out that...

Just because I stopped writing about metal didn’t mean that I stopped listening to it. Quite a few awesome albums dropped since my departure, and my friends have been kind enough to keep me in the loop (occasionally against my will — hey, I was on hiatus for a...